by: Angelique Power | Oct. 14th, 2025 Shots fired in high school classrooms. Zinging across a packed college campus. Fired in the dark of night from a car. Cracking into the peaceful realm of a home. While praying. While watching a movie. While walking between classes. Leaving a party. With every awful, violent act that […]| The Skillman Foundation
by: Jen DeNeal | Oct. 13th, 2025 On October 7, Governor Whitmer signed a state budget that included $20+ billion for Michigan’s public schools. The highly anticipated School Aid budget comes three months late—after legislators missed their self-imposed July 1 deadline earlier this year. For context: school districts operate on a July 1 fiscal year, […]| The Skillman Foundation
We are excited to introduce the 2025-2027 Skillman Youth Council, a group of 15 10th and 11th graders who live or attend school in Detroit and deeply care about serving their communities, are interested in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, and want to use their voices to transform the education system.| The Skillman Foundation
Our speech is ours. Freedom of speech, of thought, of giving, these are unalienable, God-given rights. The government doesn’t grant us these rights—but it can suppress them, if we allow it…| The Skillman Foundation
Our 2024 Audited Financial Report is now available to view.| The Skillman Foundation
by: Children's Foundation | Sep. 18th, 2025 The Skillman Foundation announced a $1.1 million gift in support of the Michigan Central Station Children’s Endowment Initiative, providing $100,000 to each of the 11 participating Detroit area youth-serving organizations. The Skillman Foundation is the first of the campaign’s original funders to equally support all 11 organizations in […]| The Skillman Foundation
Every system needs maintenance and updating. The time is now for Michigan to upgrade K-12 education—and to do that, we need our state leaders to put policymaking before politics.| The Skillman Foundation
The Skillman Foundation joined more than 100 philanthropic organizations to release a statement on the recent acts of political violence.| The Skillman Foundation
Ashley (Ash) Marie Aidenbaum leads the Foundation’s Strategic Initiatives work. She joined the Foundation in 2014…| The Skillman Foundation
A year later, we followed up with organizations from our Gen Z Design sessions to hear about organizational changes that were made in response to the young strategists’ input.| The Skillman Foundation
by: Angelique Power | Sep. 10th, 2025 After all these years, I found out the other day that the color purple doesn’t actually exist. Go ahead, Google it. This is true. The reality is that within the ROYGBIV spectrum of the rainbow, there is no “P” for purple. This is because while the other colors […]| The Skillman Foundation
by: The Skillman Foundation | Aug. 28th, 2025 The Foundation has been moving and grooving into our People Powered Education strategy, supported by each member of the team. Fresh ideas and diverse skills are being offered by new staff members as well as those who have been with the organization for years. We’re learning, growing, […]| The Skillman Foundation
As an education-focused foundation, we strive to be a go-to for Detroit youth brilliance and a model for engaging and highlighting youth.| The Skillman Foundation
Not to break the fourth wall so early, but isn’t that a great line? We have our vice president of communications, Natalie Fotias, to thank for that. You see, as each of you are in whatever state you…| The Skillman Foundation
At The Skillman Foundation, we work to ensure Detroit youth have the tools and supports they need to design their own bold destinies. We invest in youth, teachers, parents, community members…| The Skillman Foundation
The Skillman Foundation is a grantmaking organization established in 1960 by Rose Skillman. We have granted out more than $730 million and have served as a vocal advocate to strengthen K-12 education…| The Skillman Foundation
The Skillman Foundation announces the 2025 Skillman Visionary Awards, recognizing education changemakers.| The Skillman Foundation
Where we stand as the administration moves to dismantle the United States Department of Education.| The Skillman Foundation
Community leaders at the forefront of supporting families and children around immigration rights share action steps and resources.| The Skillman Foundation
Angelique Power is the president and CEO of The Skillman Foundation.| The Skillman Foundation
Float built from a fifth-grade student’s winning illustration “Make Your Own Story,” will debut in America’s Thanksgiving Parade® presented by Gardner White. DETROIT (14 November 2024) – The Skillman…| The Skillman Foundation
